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Fire building was a multi-story building listed on Boston University's web site as the Houseman Medical Research Center. Building was evacuated, all-out sounded @ 12:57PM.

Companies are battling an electrical fire at Box 1656 with a heavy smoke condition in the basement. Second alarm assignment is E-17-21-42, and L-1-23-26

Unfortunately I a not a phone geek. I was content with turning on the PC and going to Broadcastify. Oh well.

No FDNY. no Boston, guess the days of monitoring via the web are coming to an end

Think I have found a back-up, RapidSOS.

This is the rundown for the strike teams. Division 38 Lee County Engines Sublette, Dixon City and Rural, Compton. Tenders Sublette, Amboy, Paw-Paw, Franklin Grove. Division 15 Grundy Engines Romeoville, Coal City, Troy, Morris, Minooka, Plainfield. Apparatus shot is from the mid 1980's

Multi-county response with some up to an hour away. Mostly volunteer departments, I guess the response would be who could put a crew together and go.

Hennepin IL and surrounding departments are involved in a massive fire @ Marquis Energy, an Ethanol producing facility. The on-scene response consists of a tender box to the fifth alarm, an engine box to the fifth alarm. In addition units are being dispatched from an hour way, 2 tender strike...

It appears that the Boston feeds have been down for a little more than 2 days on Broadcastify/OpenMHZ. I know the BPD has gone encrypted, hope this is not the same for FD. At least the Mutual aid site is still up and running.

Malden has a third alarm on their box 1B(?) for 88 Fairmount Street. Heavy fire on all floors of a 3 story frame building, exterior ops.

This Saturday at the Nascar Xfinity race in Charlotte Speedway the #2 car driven by Jesse Love and sponsored by Whelen Engineering will carry the NFFF logo and the names of 140 fallen firefighters on the trunk lid. Pictures at the Richard Childress Racing site.

Boston struck Box 3461 receiving calls. E-18 second alarm, District 8 third alarm. Heavy fire on all 3 floors of a 100 x 50, E 24 L 4 RIT. Location 7 Beckert St.

Yes the ones in Boston with the BHA were like that.

What is the Salvage Wagon? No Rescue response until the second alarm or were they unavailable on the initial alarm?